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2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: AnnMarie O’Brien, Curasi Realty, Inc.
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: We needed to properly assist commercial clients, but achieving this required the right leadership, someone with dedication to make it a success. AnnMarie O’Brien requested a meeting with us. She stepped forward with an outstanding business plan that brought this goal to life. Her vision, deep understanding of the commercial market,
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Ami Eller, GPARENCY
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: In March, my team and I more than doubled our transaction volume and success rate, closing over $250 million across 25+ deals. Our unique, revolutionary process guarantees commercial real estate owners the best financing available in the market for a flat fee of $4,500.
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Jamie Zhang, Crystal Window & Door Systems
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: To strengthen our supply chain resilience in response to pandemic, tariff, and other challenges, I secured multiple new sources for critical materials we use in manufacturing. This reduces dependency on single vendors and minimizes disruptions. I implemented blanket orders
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Gary Davies, CBRE
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: Throughout my career, my focus has always been on finding the right partners. By developing these key relationships, we’ve built a team focused solely on tenant representation for financial firms. In today’s very dynamic market, it takes a team with a diverse skill set to navigate the real estate landscape
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Lee Brodsky, BEB Capital
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: I recently helped spearhead the launch of BEB Work, a newly designed coworking space located at BEB Capital’s headquarters. The launch comes on the heels of our $4 million investment in 2024 to create a dynamic workplace ecosystem, which incorporated a custom mural, fitness center, and shuttle service for tenants.
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Joe Yacobellis, Mojo Stumer Associates
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: At Mojo Stumer, we’re committed to elevating Long Island’s architectural landscape through thoughtful, modern design. 301 Warner, our newly completed mixed-use project in Roslyn Station, revitalizes the area with retail, office, and residential spaces. Similarly, our Floral Park project blends
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Rachel-Anne Scelfo, Farrell Fritz
April 22, 2025
Turning problems into opportunities: In land use and zoning, there are often challenges, but our job as attorneys and strategic planners is to turn them into opportunities. When a client proposes a multifamily, mixed-use development to address housing needs, we need to coalesce the community, developers, local government, and stakeholders to gain support.
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Leo Jacobs, Jacobs P.C.
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: I set out to position Jacobs P.C. as the go-to firm for clients facing complex financial distress and we delivered. We have restructured over $5 billion in real estate debt and equity, while maintaining a boutique model. The impact? We have proven that strategic agility and elite legal work
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Simon Power, M.C. Electrical NY
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: M.C. Electrical has grown into a leading regional electrical contractor employing 230 field professionals and support staff. In order to efficiently manage all aspects of the firm’s operations, I led the development and implementation of a highly customized, Smartsheet enterprise management software system that allows
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Alexander Zakharin, Nest Seekers International
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: A recent goal I achieved was building a team of six real estate agents from the ground up. Starting with no listings, we quickly established a presence by securing new exclusive properties and delivering results for our clients. This not only expanded our firm’s footprint in the competitiv
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Baruch Edelkopf, Schuckman Realty Inc.
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: I recently completed the Certificate in Real Estate Investment at NYU Schack, which sharpened my underwriting skills and helped me take a more disciplined approach to deals. I applied what I learned to close a 30,000 s/f shopping center at 137-20 Cross Bay Blvd. for $14.7 million with my partner Matt Colantonio.
2025 Ones To Watch - Industry Leaders: Jeffrey Levine Founder & Chairman The Douglaston Companies
April 22, 2025
Recent goal and impact: Douglaston Development is nearing completion on the extensive capital improvement plan at Linden and Penn-Wortman Houses, in partnership with The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), where over 1,900 units have been substantially rehabilitated, in addition to exterior façade and facility upgrades.
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